Small
acts of kindness allow me to touch souls with another person - to reach
out over the great divide and brush for a moment the hand and heart of
another. An act of kindness is never wasted. It benefits the giver as
much or more than the receiver. Anyone who gives with the heart
strengthens that muscle within themselves; it is the aerobic training of
the spirit. I will not expect soul to just enter my life by chance. I
will prepare myself, clean the vehicle that is me, resolve conflicts
that tie my mind up and drain my energy. When I am less self-centered, I
am able to take the person-hood of another into consideration.
I enjoy being kind for kindness' sake.
And this more human love (which will consummate itself infinitely, thoughtfully and gently, and well and clearly in binding and loosing) will be something like that which we are preparing with struggle and toil, the love which consists in the mutual guarding, bordering and saluting of two solitudes.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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